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The main advantage to NTFS is that the file system does not get fragmented as bad as FAT32, so the seek time is faster.Obviosly this becomes more of a factor on the larger hard drives. It is not with my 40gb.
One would be hard pressed to notice any difference in speed between the two systems at the 40gb and below sizes running a Pentium4 at 1600mhz as I do.
The overall performance of XP still justifies using it over 98SE even with FAT32. That has been my experience, not to mention the onset of software programs that no longer support 98SE. Hoster is an example of that. That is the wave of the future, and is reason enough to change to XP, FAT32 or not, and that is a fact.
The key to a happy running pc when running XP with FAT32 is to keep the hard drive defragmented which I do frequently.
Microsoft themselves point out in their help section that some older programs may not run on NTFS, which is another reason I say that a flat outright recommendation to change without knowing what the other person needs are is unwise. There are too many variables.
No one size fits all in this arena.That's all I'm saying.
George
Last edited by George; June 6th, 2003 at 12:31 PM.
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